Time: 2011-1-622:03:16 Words: 3784
27. holiday
The results were better than expected. English was almost the same as Class 2, and Mathematics was still one point behind. My Chinese also narrowed the gap, only one point difference. However, we were both from two schools, and both of our classes were worse than Dongfeng Primary School's grade one class. Especially me, I was more than three points behind. However, our Mathematics and foreign languages were better.
The students were about to come and get their report cards. I imitated Teacher Zhou and wrote an appraisal. It was not easy to write differently for everyone and to match everyone's characteristics. Sometimes, in order to find the strengths and characteristics of the students, I had to stop and think for a long time. However, I had already completed it.
I was preparing for the holiday speech when Liu Sijia came and leaned against me. She asked me for my marks. I handed her the report card. She looked at it and frowned.
"Why are there only so few points?”
I looked at her, her eyes filled with disappointment after trying so hard. I comforted her,
"This result is not bad. You are in the top three in the class for Chinese, about tenth in the class for Mathematics, and 18th in English. However, you are eighth in the class for all three subjects. Still not satisfied? Then continue to work hard in the next semester and improve your math and English a little. Every time you improve a little, you will have very good results in the third year of junior high school.”
She finally smiled and asked me,"
"Teacher, what do you like to eat? I brought you some peas and rice candy.”
After saying that, she placed a bag of things on my desk and ran out. Her two braids jumped behind her back. Her running posture was really beautiful. I had never seen her run like this before.
The students were all here. I saw Teacher Zhou go to the classroom. I also brought those things over and finished distributing them in a while. Then, I told them what to take note of during the winter vacation and assigned them winter vacation homework. I specially assigned two essays. One was about the customs of the family during the New Year, the other was about the relatives, and the last was the cleaning. Everyone was eager to leave early and worked especially hard.
After sending off the students, we returned to the dormitory. Wu Aiting also came to our dormitory. Li Zhuhong and she were talking about something and seemed very intimate. Hence, I said,
"What are you talking about? Why are you so intimate?"
Li Zhuhong said,
"We were just discussing the situation in Class One. Since the mid-term exam, Class One has changed a lot and their final grades have improved a little. If this continued next semester, the situation would be very good.”
Wu Aiting also said,
"My discipline is much better, but I haven't fully mobilized my enthusiasm for learning.”
As we were talking, someone knocked on the window.
"Zhang Su Ning, Li Zhu Hong, it's time for the meeting!”
It was Zhang Moxiong's voice. Li Zhuhong stood up and said,"
"It's time for a meeting. It's time for the holidays!"
When we reached the office, the teachers were all there. The principal waved at us.
"Come in, come in!"
I sat on my stool and looked over. Lu Chuanjie was still marking his homework. Oh right, he was in Grade Nine, so the students might be a little late. The principal did her signature gesture again.
"Teachers, with everyone's hard work, we have completed this semester's teaching mission. The students 'results are not bad, and there are no safety issues in the school. Our new classroom is almost done, but the wall has not been built yet. The school does not look complete, but the higher-ups have promised to build the wall for us. If the wall is built, the students and teachers will come in through the main gate. We will then build a cement road and plant two rows of French parasol trees on the side of the road. In summer, the leaves block the sun, and we can't get any sunlight when we walk on the road. Then, our school will truly become a complete school. Alright, I don't like long meetings, so I'll finish with a few simple words. The Spring Festival is here. I wish everyone a happy Spring Festival, family reunion, harmony, and happiness! At the same time, they also asked everyone to pay attention to their safety. It was said that the meeting in the district this time would focus on gambling. Therefore, they invited the teachers to play cards during the New Year without paying money. They would watch television, listen to the radio, chat, and interact. Don't do anything that violates the government's regulations. In addition, he still had to trouble the teachers of the third grade to make up for the missed classes, as well as the two masters in the canteen. Also, I'm on duty at the end of the year. I live here and will be on duty until the fourth day of the lunar new year. Department Director Ning, I invited you to work for four days on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. I'll come back on the eighth day to replace you. Thank you for your hard work! Meeting dismissed!"
We ran back to the dormitory. Li Zhuhong had already packed his things. He urged me,
"Hurry up! Wu Aiting also walked back. The three of us walked together.”
I only took two books and put them in my bag. I also took some socks. I can change my clothes at home. We walked to Wu Aiting's bedroom, and she was still in a hurry. We walked in, and she put what looked like dirty clothes into her bag, hastily buckled it up, closed the door, and followed us out.
I looked at Lu Chuanjie and Zhang Moxiong's room and said,
"Wu Aiting, Zhang Moxiong has a bicycle. Why don't you take his ride back?”
I was deliberately disturbing Li Zhuhong's emotions, but Wu Aiting mumbled,
"They have already flown to the gate. How could they have the mood to carry us back to the lake embankment!”
I said,
"Don't you go to the gate often? Why aren't you going?"
Wu Aiting pushed my arm.
"I don't have a boyfriend. Why would I go to the gate?”
I glanced sideways at Wu Aiting, who looked lonely. Only then did I know that she really didn't have a boyfriend. Then, why did she always go to the gate? I don't think it's appropriate to ask about other people's private affairs. Li Zhuhong started talking about feelings.
" Sigh, you're almost 20 years old. What a shame. You haven't even had a girlfriend yet…"
Wu Aiting sympathized with him.
"Yeah, I haven't talked to him either."
I tried to make conversation.
"Well, I've talked to him. I've talked to myself.”
Wu Aiting turned to ask me,
"Jianli has been sending letters. There is a woman's handwriting on the envelope. It must be your girlfriend.”
I argued,
"I remember answering your question. He's a man.”
"Oh, I forgot."
We were just talking nonsense on the road when Li Zhuhong suddenly pointed to the paddy field by the roadside and said,"
"Look! What a large flock of crows!"
I looked over. There were probably hundreds of black birds. I said,
"When we were young, we were called 'Snow Crow.' Let's go down and rush for a while."
I ran down and Li Zhuhong followed. We picked up the soil beside the field and were about to throw it over. With a cry, the snow crows flew up. There were really many of them. We watched them fly away before coming back. Wu Aiting stood by the roadside and looked at us. We walked onto the road, and Wu Aiting pointed at our shoes and said,
"Look at your shoes! It's covered in mud!"
I found a dead branch and slowly scraped the mud off my shoes. Li Zhuhong also learned from me to use the branch to scrape.
After we got back on the road, we started singing the song " Zhiyin " again. Wu Aiting also followed us. I asked Li Zhuhong,
"You're an expert. What new songs do you have now?”
Li Zhuhong said,
"I've only been teaching for the past six months and didn't pay attention to the new songs. I'll go to the Xinhua Bookstore to see what songs are for sale during the New Year.”
Why didn't I pay attention to books like songs? Didn't I go to the bookstore last time? Wu Aiting asked us another question:
"How do you spend your salary?”
I said,
"I gave my salary to my mother for the first month. She wanted me to take it myself, so I carried it with me. Other than buying meal tickets and books, there was nothing else.”
Li Zhuhong said,
"My salary is a few yuan less than yours. Like Old Zhang, Zeng Butou doesn't spend much money.”
I asked Wu Aiting,
"What about your money?"
She smiled slyly.
"I gave everything to my mother. If I needed it, I would ask her for it. In the end, I bought this and that, and almost all the money came over!”
When they reached the embankment slope, Wu Aiting wanted to walk along the safety embankment to the other side of the Jingjiang squeeze house. Li Zhuhong stopped her and said,
"There's still a long holiday. Come to my house to play today, okay?”
Wu Aiting immediately agreed.
"Good! We have to provide dinner!"
Li Zhuhong flicked his beautiful hair."
"No problem!"
We followed Li Zhuhong down the slope and walked to his house. His parents were there. I called his aunt and uncle, and Wu Aiting followed suit. Her voice was very sweet. We chatted in Li Zhuhong's room for a while, and Li Zhuhong suggested,
"How about we take a walk by the river?"
Wu Aiting immediately stood up.
"Good! I haven't seen the Yangtze River for almost half a year. Let's go!”
I had no choice but to follow them. When Li Zhuhong went out, she said to his mother,
"Mother, they're having dinner at our house tonight.”
His father replied,
"You guys go out and play. We'll do it when you come back.”
I saw his father sporting a white goatee, as if he were very old. When they reached the street, Wu Aiting asked him,"
"How old is your father?"
"Seventy-six."
"Didn't I only give birth to you when I was in my fifties?"
Li Zhuhong could tell that he was talking about his mother and said,"
"My father is thirteen years older than my mother.”
I calculated that when his mother gave birth to him, she was already forty-four years old. However, she was about the same age as us."Raising a son is not afraid of ugliness.”Wu Aiting said,
"So you're an old son."
"Why? I can't!"
Li Zhuhong retorted in the same tone she used to bicker with Wu Aiting.
We passed by the fertilizer plant, and the pungent smell made Wu Aiting cover her nose and run west. We followed and ran for more than a mile. When we were no longer at the disadvantage of the fertilizer plant, Wu Aiting put down her sleeves. Li Zhuhong led us down the slope and walked along a small path. Although I've played around Tawaku Dike, I've never walked this narrow path.
Hearing the sound of waves hitting the shore, we walked to the riverside. The wind on the river seemed to be much stronger than on the road. The river water slapped the beach, leaving a line of white foam. After returning, I gathered strength and intensified the attack, which reminded me of Su Dongpo's words. I couldn't help but recite,
"The great river flows east,
The waves are washed away,
A legendary figure…"
Li Zhuhong also started to recite,"
"To the west of the old camp,
He said,
Three Kingdoms Zhou Lang Red Cliff…"
Wu Aiting looked at the river silently. A motorboat sailed over and stopped on the shore below. The people on the boat moved a springboard down and put it down. The people on the boat got off. After they left, the people on the shore got on the boat again. It turned out that this was a river-crossing wharf. Wu Aiting hugged her chest tightly. I asked her,
"Wu Aiting, are you very cold? Then, let's run by the river. Once we run, it'll be hot!”
As I said that, I started running first. Wu Aiting also followed Li Zhuhong. We ran to the beacon light and were already panting. I was almost sweating. I sat on a rock and looked at the river. They followed. Wu Aiting pointed to a passenger ship in the river and said,
"When will I be able to take such a big ship to visit the Three Gorge? Standing at the bow or stern, admiring the scenery on both sides of the river, how beautiful would that be!”
I was also intoxicated by her words. Unexpectedly, the big ship sailed past and the big waves hit. The river water splashed high and almost pulled us into the water. It was a little cold, so we hid in a bend. There was no north wind blowing from the river, so it was very warm. Wu Aiting began to look for something in the cracks of the rocks. Li Zhuhong said,
"There are no good-looking stones here. There are pebbles at the cargo dock where you can find good-looking stones.”
So, we followed Li Zhuhong to the pile of pebbles to look for beautiful stones, but I didn't find a single one. I didn't understand since I was young how these pebbles were formed. However, I didn't ask Li Zhuhong because I believed that he didn't know either. When we went up the slope, Wu Aiting was holding a few stones in her hand. I said,
"Look, what kind of stone is it?”
She opened her palm. There were three small stones. One of them had black and white patterns arranged in an orderly manner. It was indeed beautiful. Another was like a cloud pattern. One was half white and half black. I said,
"Why didn't I find any?”
Li Zhuhong opened her palm. Those were not beautiful stones. They were simply two stones that she had randomly picked up.
We were like children, chasing and jumping back to Li Zhuhong's house. When his mother heard that we were back, she began to serve the dishes. Soon, the table was full. We talked about our life in the school for the past six months, about Zhang Moxiong, Lu Chuanjie, and the principal, completely ignoring Li Zhuhong's parents.
In the evening, we talked for a long time until Wu Aiting asked to go home. Li Zhuhong and I sent her home and finally found out where Wu Aiting's home was.
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